ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,713, issued on May 20, was assigned to SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).
"Sensor module" was invented by Atsuto Yoda (Nagano, Japan) and Takumi Ikeda (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor module includes a metal member having a side surface extending in a ring shape, and a recess recessed from the side surface and extending in a ring shape along the side surface, a resin part filling an inside of the recess, a radiating part provided in the resin part and configured to emit radio waves, a radio communication device provided in the resin part and electrically connected to the radiating part, and a s...